SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Wednesday said the fight for Amritsar East seat is a fight for restarting development projects in the constituency. He said the work in the constituency completely stalled during the last 18 years of Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu’s administering it.Majithia is contesting from Amritsar East seat from where […]
Senior Punjab Congress leader Sunil Jakhar has claimed that 42 MLAs wanted him to be the chief minister of the state after the unceremonious exit of Amarinder Singh last year. Only two legislators favoured Charanjit Singh Channi, he said.Jakhar is heard saying this in a video, which has surfaced online, while addressing a gathering in […]
Former Punjab minister and Congress leader Jagmohan Singh Kang and his sons Yadvinder Singh Kang and Amarinder Singh Kang join Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Kang had a few days back threatened to contest as Independent from Kharar after being denied ticket by the Congress.On Thursday, he had said that his son Yadvinder Singh Kang would […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Punjab police not to arrest till February 3 the Lok Insaf Party MLA, Simarjeet Singh Bains, who is facing an arrest warrant in connection with a rape case. Initially, the apex court was of the view that the accused MLA be permitted to remain out till February 23 for […]
SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Tuesday said he will not fight from Majitha assembly seat and will only contest from Amritsar East from where he has entered the fray against Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. Yhe former minister further said his wife Ganieve Kaur will contest from Majithia assembly segment in his place.Ganieve […]
Fifteen former bureaucrats with experience in the electoral process have been appointed as special observers for the assembly polls in five states. They will be supervising and monitoring the work being done by the electoral machinery in their assigned states and ensure that stringent and effective action is taken based on intelligence inputs and complaints, […]
Punjab Chief Minister and Congress candidate Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday asked people of his constituency Chamkaur Sahib to make him win with a margin of at least 50,000 votes in the February 20 state assembly polls. His remarks came days after AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed that Channi was losing […]
Punjab Lok Congress (PLC) chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday expressed strong anger over Navjot Singh Sidhu hugging the Pakistan army chief who was ordering his soldiers every day to kill Indians, and said the state’s governance could not be handed over to people who were willing to compromise national security to further their personal […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday nabbed senior IAS officer Paramjit Singh, posted as the Director of Punjab Roadways, for allegedly taking Rs 2 lakh bribe for recommending the name of an officer for promotion, officials said. The CBI had carried out a raid where Singh was allegedly receiving the bribe money for […]
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has assets worth Rs 9.44 crore, according to his poll affidavit filed on Monday. Channi on Monday filed his nomination papers from Bhadaur seat in Barnala district.The Congress has fielded Channi from two Assembly segments, the other being Chamkaur Sahib.According to his election affidavit, Channi (58) owns an SUV, […]